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Re: Brokerage from hell
Old 07-29-2006, 09:53 AM   #12
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
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Just my opinion. You have "enough" to bail financially if you live a modest life style. All I know about GS I learned from The Economist & other financial papers but it does sound like a high pay/high pressure place. You may come to miss the pace. If you look at the more successful (and by that I mean any happy, senior partners you can see if there is a potential fit. I assume the senior folks use numbers differently then junior folks.
I just saw The Devil Wears Prada, great movie. I think it reflects the pace and attitudes of some successful people. It didn't work for the main character and it wouldn't work for me but the Maryl Streep character was sort a good fit. I imagine GS has a pace like that, maybe with less attitude by the manager? AFAIK GS is a difficult place to get into and I wouldn't toss away that accomplishment at least until 1) I had gathered a nice nest egg and 2) I had an idea about what I wanted to go towards more than away from.
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